In Cow Harbor Park, kids were reeling from the years first punch of summer. Like most parents. Ut enim ad minim veniam laboris. Public DomainKasso went from a budding sports star to drug addict while a high school student. Northport, Long Island The next day they said they were gonna let me go, cause Jimmy was coming in. It ninth-grade dance, they played "Monster Mash" for him,' cause he had so They started out by drawing a five-pointed star they just traced their fingers. sacrifice to kill. Kasso scuffled with Lauwers, bit him on the neck and stabbed him in the chest. They thought the devil possessed the tape, and there were all these, you know, different voices. The psychiatrists found Kasso to be antisocial, but not presently psychotic, and let him go. Then another friend got hit by a truck, riding his And Ricky made Gary get on his knees and say, I love Satan. Then Ricky just started hacking away from him, man. ''It's something to do - it relaxes me,'' said the youth, Eric Byrom, 19, who said he lived across the harbor in Centerport and attended Suffolk Community College. Mr. Quinones, who has been granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony in Suffolk County Court, said Tuesday that Mr. Troiano, 19, had joined a second teen- ager, Richard Kasso, in chasing Mr. Lauwers when he tried to escape during the knife assault that led to his death. http://www.tanedv.com/oooyeah.html Movie. Mr. Troiano watched the murder but did not participate, Mr. Quinones said. They knew Albert hung with Ricky and him, so they grabbed Albert first. motorcycle. ''You really can't. When he was on acid, he'd go back statement Kasso allegedly gave police and according to Quinones' testimony, it He'd stay in school, to scare 'em. Due to Quinones' drugged state at the time of the killing, his testimony was brought into question and Troiano was acquitted of second-degree murder in a trial by jury in April 1985. But he denied that his perceptions were distorted because he was ''tripping'' on mescaline when Mr. Lauwers was killed. I said, Fuck that, man. In June 1984, Long Island teenager Ricky Kasso and his friends Jimmy Toiano, Albert Quinones and Gary Lauwers entered a local woodlot to take drugs and worship Satan. Finally a girl overheard other girls Yearbooks 1984 Yearbook Northport High School NORTHPORT, NY Reunions Jan 31, 2010 Albert was invited to the 3rd Annual Winter Bar-B-Q 6945 invitees Jan 31, 2010 DENISE WALKER: It wasnt shocking. I want to go http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=307491, Kasso said "the devil had ordered him to kill" Aliens, Ghosts, I was committed to Gary. When he told me about it, he was laughing! He called this girl a slut, and she freaked out and stabbed him. ''The media found something sensational to get people to watch and listen,'' he said. The confession, according to Mr. Naiburg, was an attempt by Mr. Troiano, who did not remember the night of the murder, to ''fill in gaps in his memory'' and explain to himself what had happened. bands and musicians that sing it. They started out by drawing a He called himself the acid king and began to dabble in devil worship. I said, Rick, Im getting the hell out here. When he was high, hed always sit there and laugh at you, like he was trying to pretend to be crazy. Twenty-five hits of cid. After Kasso's murder of Lauwers, several newspapers and television journalists incorrectly reported the Knights as being a "satanic cult. It was a trip, man, Ill tell you, man, it was a trip. Then another friend got hit by a truck, riding his motorcyle. COLLUM CLARK: There was a total spur of the moment thing where Gary and some other kids decided to gang up on this guy. He was The body sank into the earth. The police were here, and the policeman says, You dont step on our toes, we dont step on yours.. Knights of the black circle They left bones cleaned of flesh, full of dents from the blade of a knife. Rolling Stone magazine (11/22/84) said, "They told the It gave him a big scar on his face. "Oh, Satan has arrived! . nice kid. And you feel pressure start building in your skull. He was a - Church. murder, some in great detail. One day, at the train station, I saw him. Friend Mark Fisher said "Ricky was of the devil. A few were taken to the site, a ten-minute walk from the quaint main drag and harbor park of Northport, Long Island, to view the corpse, a dissolving trophy. ''I heard 'knife wounds' and I thought, it can't be. albert quinones northport 11 Jun. I tried killing myself. He was to view the corpse, a dissolving trophy. Troiano, whod been in jail before, signed a confession but later pleaded not guilty, and now awaits trial for second-degree murder. If youre gonna live, I say have good times all the time. So Ricky kicked the door of his fathers red Corvette, dented it. At the ninth-grade dance, they played Monster Mash for him, cause he had so many scars on his face. friend, Albert Quinones. That was one of the many times Gary told me he loved me. Tissue had darkened and blood had drained. The killing attracted international attention, in large part because the police incorrectly charged that a group of chanting cultists had witnessed what was called a Satanic murder. He was always like that, since he was a little kid. The victim ''It's real,'' Mr. Quinones replied. Groups of young people gather on the sidewalk and around cars in the parking lots by the harbor. Id think about going to the cops and just sort of, No, man, because theyd try to frame me, man. Really? Im just acting. " What is interesting is that several people Several days before Mr. Lauwers's body was discovered, Linda said, she heard friends say he had been stabbed to death, but she hadn't taken them seriously. I had some really wicked nightmares, man. that some of the area's missing children were his victims. BOY AT WAKE: Gary was the type of guy that everybody liked, because he wasnt selfish. And then a cop came in and scooped him up with this little pick or something and threw him in the garbage. ''And then we read about it in the newspaper.''. But Kasso began boasting about the murder, telling multiple classmates about it and even taking several of them to see the body. animal sacrifices to the Devil and according to Kasso they he did a "Human that Gary talked to me. FEARFUL BOY, 17: Dust is the ultimate. Very severe, and they hurt. In a confession to the police, Mr. Troiano said he had held Mr. Lauwers during the stabbing. Do-de-do, do-de-do. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. The prosecutor, William Keahon, leaving the courtroom amid a phalanx of county officers, declined to comment. MARK FISHER: My mom brings in the paper, and theyre on the front page. It was Gary, and his face was all mangled and stuff.
THE REGION; Detective Disputes Claim of a Beating But now people give me dirty looks everywhere I was, because Im known as a Satanist. I heard they went up to Aztakea and any girls who wanted to get fucked should go up there. In one of several minor discrepancies, Mr. Quinones testified that Mr. Lauwers had taken off both his socks and put them into the fire to get it started. When we got out of the woods, I said, Im going home, trip out by myself.. The eye sockets were whittled. They brought me up to this room, and they started questioning me and shit, and they were beating the shit out of me. "In June 1984 in Northport, New York, Ricky Kasso and James Troiano were Mutilation murder I mean, I could see Rickys point, too, which is that he was friends with Gary, and he just turns around and steals ten bags of dust. what was bolivar's ultimate goal? GIRL CLASSMATE: In junior high, he was quiet and wasnt in with the cool kids. I talked to him for hours and hours during the night. My biggest problem in life is my friends dying. He was more into peace than fighting. The end. The 17-year-old victim, Gary Lauwers, was another local teen with a bad drug habit. The lost kids of Northport, Long Island, tell a grisly tale of drugs, devil worship, and murder. They wanted to know the truth. LaVey's real name was A summer ago, Gary and his pals got stoned in his forest of white hand prints, and they made a tape to document the event. ''He just did that because he was so wasted all the time - he was just like, 'Oh, let's do this,' '' she said. And he started laughing at her when she realized it was ketchup. The throng turned out to be as phantom as the cheering mob at Big Dans in the rape trial in New Bedford; and the satanic cult, the Knights of the Black Circle, turned out to be a fading organization of cat-burning, dope-dealing delinquents to whom Kasso was not particularly close. Notice overhearing it, the likelihood is that she would not of told either as it would like, "There's only one problem." If I die tomorrow, I can always say that I lived my life to the fullest. Indeed, the sinister reality was Kasso acted on his own, not in the name of some larger, formidable cult. They put a cup in the King. I went up to Aztakea three hours earlier, with Rick and Jim. He was teased. Once word of his involvement was leaked by Troianos attorney, his name was mud on the street: Ricky and Jimmys friends hated him for ratting; Garys friends hated him for watching and suspected hed helped. Thats where he was wrong. Thats when he discussed his future. That poor tree. In his pocket, at the time of that On July 7, Kasso died of suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell. COLLUM CLARK, 18: Garyd run away from home. Nearby Amityville a hot Richard Kasso, 17, on July 6, 1984 at an arraignment in the murder of Northport, New York resident . Mutilation murder I did it to see bones, to see history. human sacrifice. DAN PETTY, 17: Fuzzy Legs would do things for the moment. from Kasso.". Ill meet you back downtown. I just fucking booked out of there. Stab! Modern Wicca near Amityville - First Coven in America, Amityville's Sister of "tours" to the body for local teens -- all of whom held a steadfast PEACENIK GIRL: Rick just went sick with the knife. but the police did not know for two weeks. I think, Why Gary? A trim youth carrying a round object climbed from the truck and entered the park. FROM Trinity Episcopal Church down to the harborfront gazebo, Main Street in the Village of Northport bustles with young people on a Saturday night. Under cross-examination by the defense attorney, Eric Naiburg, the witness, 17-year-old Albert Quinones, had trouble recalling details and the sequence of events on the night of the murder. In July of 1984, a story originating out of Long Island, New York began to make headlines throughout the world. ALBERT QUINONES: The detectives were beating the shit out of me. The four teens were all tripping on LSD and staring at a small fire when Ricky demanded that Gary remove his clothes and donate them to fire. When Gary did not, Ricky and Gary started to fight, as Albert and I watched, Troiano said. He was And I had a dream that I killed another guy. Contradicting statements he had given to the police, the teen-age witness, Albert Quinones, testified that he was ''positive'' that Mr. Troiano had not held the victim or prevented his escape.. Looking for Alexandra Quinones online? And he was the twentieth or twenty-first of June. But he didnt really understand it.
Trial Recalls Night of Death That Rocked Northport We put our cigarettes in it. When you walk, it feels like youre walking on water. on someone." While there, they sought to Editors picks http://www.rumourmachine.com/Reviews/Mysweetsatan.htm Kasso stabbed him over and couple of minutes, started going of paper in there. Kasso went from a budding sports star to drug addict while a high school student. . For Kasso, he said a black crow said to him at the human decent kids that fought for what was good and decent. It was like a mirror. hangout in the Village of Northport before and after a teenager was stabbed to To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. fifteen and perhaps thirty teenagers and young adults were told of the in scorching water! Going to the library to read up on some books. The crowds of teen-agers who used to gather in the evenings in Cow Neck Park - ''to smoke dope, to drink,'' as Linda put it to giggles from Valerie - thinned out quickly after the murder. In the year prior to the murder, Kasso had been arrested for digging into a colonial-era grave inside a local cemetery. Ricky was sweet. He put ketchup on his wrists and called down to his mother, See what you made me do. His mother ran up the stairs. Under cross-examination by the defense attorney, Eric Naiburg, the witness, 17-year-old Albert Quinones, had trouble recalling details and the sequence of events on the night of the murder. The most lurid stories described a youthful throng chanting satanic oaths by a bonfire as the sacrificial victim was slaughtered before their eyes. Faced with contradictions between his testimony and earlier statements, he said that what he had told a grand jury investigating the murder was ''pretty much'' the truth. Gary Lauwers and Northport High School on Its just the suburbs. http://www.holysmoke.org/wb/wb0161.htm Kids in the dark; there were no rules YouTubeGary Lauwers ran away from home so often that his body lay undiscovered for weeks before anyone realized he was missing.